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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
7
An advertisement for TEOL fungicide promises relief from athlete’s foot in one hour. The product contains 90 percent alcohol and can be purchased for 35 cents at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store.
Village police of Pomeroy and the Meigs County sheriff report little to no activity in the first portion of the week aside from emergencies created by storms.
Heath Methodist Church Class 12 elected new officers at a supper hosted by Mrs. W G Davis. Mrs George Bentley was named president and Mrs Howard Hunnicutt secretary. Treasurer remains Mrs C P Gallagher and new vice president is Mrs Eddie Blake. The group approved moving a refrigerator to the church kitchen and to buy supplies for the dining room.
Chief C E Parker reports 698 cars checked in the first 15 days of the highway patrol effort in Middleport with 161 defective. Defects corrected and owners notified. the check continues through June.
Middleport volunteers plan the Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros Circus touring as the road’s second largest. The show lands at Carson's Playground under fire department auspices. A cook tent rises in the firemen's Park across the highway with 18 elephants among the animals, fed at 9 a.m.
Relatives and friends visit and travel across towns including Gallipolis Huntington and Steubenville. Mrs Grace Gardner, former local resident, sustained a broken arm in the Crooksville flash flood. Guests at various homes include Joan Hildebrand, Kenneth Leach, Kay Jenkinson, Joe Denton party, and the Wilburns family.
Deputy Sheriff C. H. Wise Jr. took blood donors to Parkersburg on Wednesday for Rollin Beards, a St. Joseph's Hospital patient ill since a heart attack five weeks ago.
The Middleport group gathered at Mrs. James Murray’s home with devotionals by guest Mrs. H. M. Cross and program leader Mrs. Gus Ward. Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby opened with prayer as plans formed for a July Roadside Park potluck picnic. The traveling prize, donated by Mrs. Clarence Clark, went to Mrs. Dana Hamilton. Flowers from the Murray garden decorated the rooms and refreshment table. Guests included Miss Florine Talbot, Mrs. William Haptonstall, Kathy Mattice, and Marcia Pomeroy.
Seven siblings and families gathered at Ray Bachner’s home on S Fourth Ave for the first Murray reunion. Seventy guests shared reminiscences and a noon meal with arrangements of flowers brightening the rooms and porch.
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